What The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act Means For You Congress' annual defense authorization bill is chock full of measures that impact troops, their families and retirees. What...
GI Bill Changes Coming Soon The VA has released a timeline of when we can expect to see major changes to the GI Bill.
Senators Attach VA Caregiver Expansion to 'Choice' Reform Plan The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has embraced a plan to expand eligibility for Post-9/11 caregiver benefits to older...
VA Admits It Will Face Problems Implementing Forever GI Bill VA testified that progress towards implementation of Forever GI Bill is hitting snags, but still says it can meet deadlines.
Stung By ‘Raw Politics,’ Roe Assesses VA Choice, Caregiver Plans Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, was surprised and disappointed when all nine...
TRICARE Changes Coming In 2018 Lots of changes are coming to the TRICARE program in 2018, but most of them aren't earth-shattering.
'Chained CPI' Shaves Tax Breaks. Will Your Retired Pay Be Next? The “chained” Consumer Price Index will dampen future adjustments to federal tax brackets and standard deductions, some fear...
Hill, Agencies Target Home Loan ‘Churning’ Aimed at Vets Congress, the CFPB, and VA are concerned by a practice known as serial refinancing, or home loan churning, and the goal is to...
VA Launches New Tool to Make Upgrading Your Discharge Easier New online tool makes it easier to apply for an upgraded discharge.
Tricare Pharmacy Fees Set to Rise Feb. 1 Many Tricare pharmacy users will see prescription prices increase February 1.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
